Last Sunday’s Season 25 premiere ranked as the No. 1 entertainment program of the night among adults 18-49 and was up 12 percent year-over-year.

“For more than a quarter of a century, The Simpsons has captured the hearts and minds of fans in a way that transcends ages, languages and cultures,” said Fox prez Kevin Reilly. “This groundbreaking series is not only the longest-running scripted show in television history, it’s one of the greatest sitcoms of our time, and I’m looking forward to yet another landmark season.”

NO! Please…NO! Let it die. The show SUCKS! Why Fox wants to continue it is beyond me. That must be at the helm of very selfish producers and network executives. Al Jean has become the Lorne Michaels of animation…a guy who doesn’t seem to know or care when it’s time to let go and see what is making a show so terrible.

Because millions of people watch it and companies pay to advertise during the show. It’s the entire purpose of network television. If you hate it, you can always try not watching it, insted of hoping a show many enjoy gets cancelled.

If you don’t like it then stop watching it! Why you would want to deprive others of it is sad, the Simpsons aired it’s first episode the same year I was born in 88 and I have watched it all through my childhood and teens and now adult life with my own children watching it seeing it grow and change as I have and will forever have a special place in my heart. I am in no hurry for the show to end. I love it :3

The Simpsons is the longest running scripted show in television history? Really? Doctor Who (33 seasons/50 years), Sesame Street (44 years/seasons), and Guiding Light (57 years/seasons) would all beg to differ.
It may be the longest running scripted PRIMETIME show in AMERICA, but that’s not the same thing as being the longest running scripted show in television history.

Yes, Doctor Who doesn’t count because it wasn’t done in consecutive seasons. You’re right on Guiding Light and Sesame Street being longer- It should say that The Simpsons is the longest running primetime scripted show (since it passed up Gunsmoke).

Doctor Who is the longest SCIENCE FICTION show on tv. It was off air for a decade but a tv movie (produced by FOX) was done in the middle of the hiatus and had continuity. The 2005 series didnt start off new or was a reboot. Thefefore, it is completing 50 years.
As for The Simpsons, it’s the longest primetime ANIMATED series. Since they are from different genres, they are longest running in thier respective fields.

I do believe they are referring to US television for one thing- so The Simpsons would be the longest running prime time series not just the longest animated one. Doctor Who is not counted and even if it were- they generally look at how long a show ran consecutively when stating these things. People can always argue but that’s the way they do it. Like I said, it doesn’t matter though because this is about US shows.

Which- like someone’s already stated above- really should have been clarified. There a big difference between being the longest running show in US history, versus all of television history. So yeah, they really should have clarified that.

Unlike the Simpsons, Dr. is a reboot of the original series: it can’t count as an ongoing show any more than Futurama or the Firefly TV-movie.
Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD is based on a decade old movie franshise and no one considers it as more than a freshman show, regardless its fanbase.

30 seasons would be a good end because it’s such a nice number, and then they can just do movies. But if they want to keep going, I say go right ahead as long as it has the audience. It’s amazing the show still does so well after all these years. Sure it’s nowhere near as good as it once was, but it does still make me laugh.